Luke 8:37

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back.

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  • Acts 16:39 : 39 Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away from the town.
  • Luke 5:8 : 8 But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.
  • Luke 8:28 : 28 And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.
  • Luke 9:5 : 5 And if any people will not take you in, when you go away from that town, put off its dust from your feet for a witness against them.
  • Luke 9:56 : 56 And they went to another small town.
  • Luke 10:10-11 : 10 But if you go into a town where they will not have you, go out into the streets of it and say, 11 Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.
  • Luke 10:16 : 16 Whoever gives ear to you, gives ear to me; and whoever is against you, is against me; and whoever is against me, is against him who sent me.
  • Deut 5:25 : 25 Why then is death to be our fate? For if the voice of the Lord our God comes to us any more, death will overtake us, and we will be burned up in this great fire.
  • 1 Sam 6:20 : 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to keep his place before the Lord, this holy God? and to whom may he go from us?
  • 2 Sam 6:8-9 : 8 And David was angry because of the Lord's outburst of wrath against Uzzah: and he gave that place the name Perez-uzzah, which is its name to this day. 9 And such was David's fear of the Lord that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?
  • 1 Kgs 17:18 : 18 And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?
  • Job 21:14-15 : 14 Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways. 15 What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?
  • Matt 8:34 : 34 And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.
  • Mark 5:17 : 17 And they made a request to him to go out of their country.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 8:28-34
    7 verses
    87%

    28 And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way.

    29 And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time?

    30 Now there was, some distance away, a great herd of pigs taking their food.

    31 And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.

    32 And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea and came to their end in the water.

    33 And their keepers went in flight to the town and gave an account of everything, and of the men who had the evil spirits.

    34 And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.

  • Luke 8:38-39
    2 verses
    86%

    38 But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,

    39 Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him.

  • Mark 5:12-21
    10 verses
    85%

    12 And they said to him, Send us into the pigs, so that we may go into them.

    13 And he let them do it. And the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they came to their death in the sea.

    14 And their keepers went running and gave an account of it in the town and in the country. And people came to see what had taken place.

    15 And they came to Jesus, and saw the man in whom had been the evil spirits seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, and they were full of fear.

    16 And those who had seen it gave them an account of what had been done to him who had the evil spirits, and of the fate of the pigs.

    17 And they made a request to him to go out of their country.

    18 And when he was getting into the boat, the man in whom had been the evil spirits had a great desire to come with him.

    19 And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.

    20 And he went on his way, and made public in the country of Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him: and all men were full of wonder.

    21 And when Jesus had gone over again in the boat to the other side, a great number of people came to him: and he was by the sea.

  • Luke 8:26-36
    11 verses
    83%

    26 And they came to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.

    27 And when he had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not living in a house but in the place of the dead.

    28 And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

    29 For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.

    30 And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.

    31 And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep.

    32 Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

    33 And the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs: and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the water and came to destruction.

    34 And when the men who took care of them saw what had come about, they went quickly and gave news of it in the town and the country.

    35 And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.

    36 And those who had seen it gave them an account of how the man who had the evil spirits was made well.

  • Mark 5:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1 And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.

    2 And when he had got out of the boat, straight away there came to him from the place of the dead a man with an unclean spirit.

  • 18 Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.

  • 10 And he made strong prayers to him not to send them away out of the country.

  • 13 And he went away from them, and again got into the boat and went across to the other side.

  • 34 And when they had gone across, they came to land at Gennesaret.

  • 36 And going away from the people, they took him with them, as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.

  • 39 And when he had sent the people away, he got into the boat, and came into the country of Magadan.

  • 7 And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,

  • 13 Now when it came to the ears of Jesus, he went away from there in a boat, to a waste place by himself: and the people hearing of it, went after him on foot from the towns.

  • 22 Now it came about on one of those days that he got into a boat with his disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the water: and they put out the boat.

  • 42 And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste place; and great numbers of people came looking for him, and they came to him and would have kept him from going away.

  • 22 And straight away he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, till he had sent the people away.

  • 34 And a number, who were ill with different diseases, he made well, and sent out evil spirits; but he did not let the evil spirits say anything, because they had knowledge of him.

  • Mark 6:32-33
    2 verses
    74%

    32 And they went away in the boat to a waste place by themselves.

    33 And the people saw them going, and a number of them, having knowledge who they were, went running there together on foot from all the towns, and got there before them.

  • 31 And again he went out from Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the country of Decapolis.

  • 2 And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea.

  • 31 But they went out and gave news of him in all that land.

  • 46 And after he had sent them away, he went up into a mountain for prayer.